BY EFE MODESTUS, JOY OKON, JAMES AKINO0LA The 49-day reign of Mojisola Meranda as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly ended on Monday, when the lawmakers re-elected Mudashiru Obasa to lead them. The move is not unconnected to the resolutions of the mediating panel led by Chief BisiContinue Reading
…we have rescued kidnapped police officer’ BY GODWIN OBI A Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Modestus Ojiebe, has been abducted along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway in Abuja. According to sources, the senior officer attached to the Kwara State Police Command, was attacked while attempting to fix his vehicle which broke down nearContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has explained how a wanted drug baron, Ogbonnaya Kevin Jeff, was arrested in Lagos after a 17-year after manhunt Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), who broke the news at a press conference yesterday, said theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI In a night of glitz and recognition, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, was honored with the coveted Sun Newspaper Public Service Award for his exemplary leadership and impactful contributions to Nigeria’s development. The star-studded ceremony, held on Saturday, March 1, 2025,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, JOY OKON, ADOLPHUS DURU, CHIGOZIE EZEH The Account-General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, have commenced talks on the implementation of the July 11, 2024 Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy as direct allocation disbursement to theContinue Reading
BY JOY OKON The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected plans by the Federal Government to regularise electricity tariffs for customers for Bands A, B and C. In a communique released on Sunday after the National Executive Council (NEC) in Yola, Adamawa State, the labour union vowed to lead massContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has said it would absorb N16bn loss by refunding N65/litre to marketers so Nigerians will benefit from cheaper fue In a statement issued over the weekend, the refinery said it will refund customers who purchase Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at rates higherContinue Reading
GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has mandated that road contractors will work on-site for at least two weeks before receiving mobilisation fee A statement published on the ministry’s website on Sunday, said the Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced this during an inspection of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway. Umahi explainedContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS, JOY OKON, CHIGOZIE ZEH The allegation of sexual harassment levelled against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, took another turn on Saturday when High Chief Emmanuel Uduaghan, the husband of Kogi lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, said he was aware of the claims by his wife. He noted thatContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Some retired generals have stated that the Nigerian military cannot prevent residents in some troubled areas from paying levies and ransoms to bandits, despite ongoing counterterrorism efforts. The retired officers expressed doubts about the ability of the military to stop the residents from meeting the bandits’ demandsContinue Reading